The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-06
Stories Of M. lamar.

Il Is the habit OF Mr.. Lamar to tell
the waiter 10 bring him q good dinner,
and he thus leaves the selection with
the waiter, and the result Is that he Is
often disappointed In the outcome. He ia
a very pleasant fellow at the dinner table,
and he likes 10 sic at the table for
several hours. He is q good story teller,
and he has had such wide acquaintance
with pubic men and such a remarkable
career that he can tell more stories IN
which he has had personal interest than
most officials. He Is nearer able 10
flll in every minute with an anecdote than
any other man in Washington, and he Is
great auotsr Of poetry. He has lots OF
little gems which he has picked up from
the country newspapers, and he has a
great admiration for the newspaper and
the newspaper writer. His greatest re-
gret in the interior department has been
that ii has kept him from his usual extern
sive reading Of newspapers, and he de
vours when he can the cross roads papers
of his own state.
Secretary Lamar is, however, fine
magazinist, and if he had stenographer
constantly with him he would probably
be a yoluminous author. He is very apt
in his expression, and he is one of the
most highly educated men in Washing
ton. James G.. Blaine says that his mind
has "a certain orientalism in II mixed
with typical Americanism, and his wOf a
in the department shows that Blaine was
not amiss when he added. Lamar il IA
full reflection; full Of Imagination, seem
ingly careless, yet closely obseryant; APP
parently dreamy, yet altogether pracfi-
cal. -
Lamar Is O great reader. He reads
everything and keeps up with the current
magazines. He likes French novels and
reads the French readily. He comes from
a most cultured family, and If he had a.
much money making ~ he has literary
ability he would be a rich man. As II ~
be is worth somewhere between 81 1000
and $50 0OO though he would be worth
$50 600 IL his Jersey cattle would bring
the values he puts upon them; and,
strange 10 say, all the money he has made
ha, come from this herd OF Jersey cattle.
He has a big farm in Mississippi and he
has one Of the finest herds OF Jerseys Of
the state. Senator McPherson's jersey
bflli. i1tutitt ' est Which, luAflf A''h -
premium at the Jersey fair in New Jer
sey. was bred by Secretary Lamar, AMI
Lamar has another animal Gilt Edged
II, for which he was offered 81 900
The assistant secretary Of the interior.
Col H. j. MuldrOw. has one Of the lare
est Jersey herds ia the south. and h'
keeps them on his farm at Camp Oaks.
Miss. and has catalogue Of sixty pages
containing list Of them Lamar knows
all about farming and stock breeding, aud
il viii be "A surprise TO many TO know that
he is the inventor 81 an iron harrow which
is used 10 some extent in Missssippi. H.
was one Qf the first farmers, 80 far %
known. fo advocate the Use of ensilage It
the south, and lac has all the pride of tbs
southern lawyer ia his farm and stOcL
Nearly every prominent member OF the baT
and Judiciary OF Mississippi amuses him
self ia farming and stock breeding, and
these Mississippi statesmen like 10 talk OF
their farms rs much as the Kentuckians
do of their horses Washington Letter